Index: curl_easy_getinfo.3
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RCS file: /cvsroot/curl/curl/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 curl_easy_getinfo.3
--- curl_easy_getinfo.3	1 Oct 2004 06:43:48 -0000	1.14
+++ curl_easy_getinfo.3	19 Oct 2004 14:59:30 -0000
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@
 .IP CURLINFO_OS_ERRNO
 Pass a pointer to a long to receive the errno variable from a connect failure.
 (Added in 7.12.2)
+.IP CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS
+Pass a pointer to a long to receive how many new connections libcurl had to
+create to achieve the download (only the successful connects are counted).
+Combined with \fICURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT\fP you are able to know how many times
+libcurl reused successfully existing connection(s) or not.
+See the Connection Options of \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP to see how libcurl
+tries to make persistent connections to save time.   (Added in 7.12.3)
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 If the operation was successful, CURLE_OK is returned. Otherwise an
 appropriate error code will be returned.